NUTS-3 DE272 · Germany
Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt
Export region data (CSV)Kaufbeuren, Kreisfreie Stadt generates €2.1bn of GDP across 46.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.7%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (95th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (38.7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
46.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth41.4
Livability60.1
Market access77
Economic scale7
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
71.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability82
Labour stability87
Diversification31
Demographic stability86
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
66
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density46
Airport access75
Market access77
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
40.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary43
Lifelong learning15
Knowledge workers46
Scientists & engineers58
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
60.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy81.5
Jobs95
Education42.5
Health57
Safety38.7
Connectivity46
Environment—
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
41.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.2 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Public · health · education · 35.3%Diversified · HHI 2380
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 16.9%Construction 9.5%Trade · transport · ICT 15.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.9%Public · health · education 35.3%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,881M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€3M
2023 · EU pctl 2
GVA — industry (B–E)
€318M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€287M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — construction (F)
€178M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€287M
2023 · EU pctl 5
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€30,100
2023 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
40,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 73
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€45,000
2023 · EU pctl 75
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€20,600M
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,395M
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€49,117M
2023 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€431M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€665M
2023 · EU pctl 17
Labour market
Employment, total persons
26,560
2023 · EU pctl 4
Self-employed persons
2,140
2023 · EU pctl 1
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,810
2023 · EU pctl 8
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.6%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
4.4%
2019 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,723
2023 · EU pctl 1
Enterprise births
119
2023 · EU pctl 2
Enterprise deaths
135
2023 · EU pctl 2
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.6%
2023 · EU pctl 57
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
2
2012 · EU pctl 16
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
48 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 38
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.6%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
34.1%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
38.8%
2025 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
7.1%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
22.4%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.1%
2025 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
99,877
2024 · EU pctl 4
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
639 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
174
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
377
CURRENT · EU pctl 46
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
CURRENT · EU pctl 25
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
28,781
2025 · EU pctl 3
Population aged 65+
10,686
2025 · EU pctl 3
Population aged under 15
6,726
2025 · EU pctl 4
Median age of population
44.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 34
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.1%
2025 · EU pctl 53
Crude rate of total population change
2.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Live births
406
2024 · EU pctl 5
Deaths
565
2024 · EU pctl 3
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.5%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
2024 · EU pctl 67
Population density (persons per km²)
1,153 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 91
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
14.5%
2025 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.1 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
989 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
211 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
91.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
851 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
39 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
707 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 22
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
95 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 85
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 82
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